TODAY - MARCH 8

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: MARCH 8

New 2021 edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is in Belgium 3 hours and 28 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 11 hours and 24 minutes – from 07.12 – 18.36.

See more – also in English – on:  www.dagenslaengde.dk

TODAY’s NAME:

Today is called BEATE’s DAY or BEATA’s DAY.  The origin of the name of the day is not known. It is probably the name of a Christian woman, who was killed by the Romans because of her faith.  The name Beata itself comes from the Latin name Beatus, which means happy or blessed. Other forms of the name is Beatrix and Beatrice.

In Belgium its name is:  SAINT JEAN DE DIEU – a Portuguese saint who lived in the years 1495-1550.  He is a patron for hospitals, esp. hospitals for mental illness.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

1910: The  International Womens’ Day is decided at a socialist congress in Copenhagen.

TODAY’s QUESTION:

The place where the pepper grows -  where does that expression come from? And what does it mean?

To be sent to the place where the pepper is growing is a very old expression, which originally comes from France.  They had – and still have – an area in the north of South America called Guyane. It has always had a very tough and unpleasant tropical climate, where nobody wanted to go. At the same time a lot of pepper is growing in the area. The name Cayenne pepper is very well known.  During and after the French revolution from 1789 prisoners were sent to Guyane to terrible conditions.

So the threat to be sent to the place where the pepper grows comes from that habit.

Today the expression is used in an indirect sense. If anybody tells you that he or she wants to send you there it is probably not one of your best friends. Or at least not any longer!

 

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Potëmkin wings – what is the background?  And what does the expression mean?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

EUROPE AT WORK     www.europe-at-work.be

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

    Many people are often not really of the same age as themselves

            This was said by the Danish author Tove Ditlevsen.

2.  Today’s quote:

As none of today’s persons has left unforgettable quotes you get one more from Tove Ditlevsen:

“Hygge” (cosiness) is what you feel when you are in peace with yourself, with your husband, with the tax authorities and with your internal organs.

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1879:  Otto Hahn  ( died 1968 )

1907:  Konstantinos Karamanlis  ( died 1998 )

1930:  Douglas Hurd

1943:  Lynn Redgrave    (died 2010)

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1844:  Karl 14. Johan  ( Jean Baptiste Bernadotte )  ( 81 years )

1869:  Hector Berlioz  ( 65 years )

1917:  Ferdinand von Zeppelin  (  79 years )

1930:  William Taft  ( 73 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

www.simplesite.com/kimbrer   +  EUROPE AT WORK    www.europe-at-work.be



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